Dr. Yahya Safdari
120 E. High Point Road
Peoria, Illinois 61614
(309) 691-9276
PERSONAL Married, Four Children (3 Boys and One Girl)
U.S. Citizen, Willing to relocateEDUCATION
D.Sc. Doctor of Science, 1964
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Dissertation: Radiation Heating of a Fluid Through Transparent
and Opaque Walls
M.S.M.E. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1959
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Thesis: Two Phase Steam Flow in a Pipe - Very Wet Region
B.S.E.E. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1953
Aligarh Muslim University, U.P., India
B.S.M.E. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1952
Aligarh Muslim University, U.P., IndiaLANGUAGES English, Urdu and Arabic
EXPERIENCE (Academic)
Professor Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1969-present
Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
Developed and Taught 7 Graduate and 9 Undergraduate
Courses in the areas of Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Air Cond./Refrig.,
and Solar Energy Applications.
Professor Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jan. 83-Aug. 85
(On Sabbatical Leave from Bradley University)
Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Key Member of the team responsible for developing
and implementing a new undergraduate program in ME with options in
energy and manufacturing. The work involved coordination with CE,
EE, and Architecture departments.Associate Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1964-69
Professor Bradley University, Peoria, IllinoisInstructor Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, 1961-64
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Taught Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics and Heat Transfer.EXPERIENCE (Research)
Bradley University, 1969- Present
Conducted Solar Energy Research, Designed and Built
Several Space & Domestic Hot Water Solar Heating Systems, and Published
Several Articles.
NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, 1967 and 1968
HL-10 Radiation Analysis Group
NASA Langley A.F.B., Hampton, Virginia
Research Associate, Summer 1966
Heat Transfer Group, Reactor Engineering,
Argonne National Labs, Naperville, Illinois
Research Associate, Summer of 1962-64
Physical Science Laboratory
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Research Assistant, 1957-58
Engineering Experiment Station
University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonEXPERIENCE (Industrial)
President President of SAF Energy Consultants, 1979-present
P.O. Box 3546, Peoria, Illinois
President President Sun Systems Inc., 1974-79
P.O. Box 1817, Eureka, Illinois
Designed and Installed one quarter million dollar
worth Passive and Active Solar Systems for Houses in Eureka, Peoria,
Champaign, Pekin and Decatur. The Eureka Solar House was the first
in Midwest and was built in 1975-76.
Design Design Engineer, 1958-61
Engineer Refrigeration Engineering Co., Seattle, Washington
Designed low temperature (-130 deg F) test chamber
for Boeing. Designed several AC Systems for Department Stores, Insurance
Buildings, Hotels, and Motels. Designed low temperature coolers for
US-AFB in Alaska.
Design Design Engineer, Summer 1957
Engineer Stern and Towne, Mechanical Consulting Engineers,
Seattle, Washington.
Designed Heating Systems for Homes.
Assistant Assistant Engineer, 1954-56
Engineer The Delhi Cloth Mills Company Ltd., Delhi, India
Worked as maintenance engineer in the steam power
plant, machine & electrical repair shop, and lubrication dept.
Trainee Hot Sheet Metal Rolling Mill Trainee, Spring 1954
Tin Plate Company of India Ltd., Tatanagar, India
Trainee Machine Shop/Foundry/Fabrication Dept. Trainee, 1953
Richardson and Cruddas Iron Works, Bombay, IndiaEXPERIENCE (CONSULTING)
1. Illinois Dept. of Energy & Natural Resources, 1987-89
Program Director, Photo Voltaic Power in Remote
Applications. Worked on PV Powered Weather Station and Lighting for
the Wildlife Prairie Park, Peoria, Illinois, $91,000.00.
2. Consultant to Manual High School, Peoria, Illinois,
1977
Worked on Energy Conservation Measures, $40,000.00.
3. Consultant to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois,
1973
Work involved the study and analysis of water usage
and contaminants in Mossville Factory Facilities, $40,000.00.EXPERIENCE (Sabbatical)
1. Sabbatical Fellowship at NREL, Golden Co., March
1 through April 15, 1996. Worked on HFSF (High Flux Solar Furnace).PUBLICATIONS:
1. "Radiation Heating of Fluid Through Transparent
and Opaque Walls: Journal of Solar Energy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1966,
presented at Solar Energy Conference, March 1965.
2. "A Study of Stainless Steel and Aluminum (with and
without corrosion by water) as Argonne Advance Research Reactor."
Argonne National Laboratory, Memorandum to R.R. Rohde, 1966.
3. "A Study of Surface Tubes for Skin Friction Measurement
in Hypersonic Laminar Boundary Layer Flow with Heat Transfer and
Pressure Gradient, Internal paper, NASA/Langley Research Center,
1967.
4. "Open Cavity Flow", Internal paper NASA/Langley
Research Center, 1968.
5. "Radiation Heating of Fluid through Transparent
and Opaque Wall", Experimental research, Y. B. Safdari and Leo Bujalski,
presented at Solar Energy Conference, Palo Alto, CA, Oct. 1968.
6. "Eureka Solar House Performance, Winter 1975-76",
Y. B. Safdari, Bogdan Wrziniski, and Ali Alkaragohul, presented at
Illinois Alternate Energy Sources Conference Proceedings, April 1976.
7. "Radiation Heating of a Fluid through a Composite
Wall", Y. B. Safdari, Leo Bujalski, A. L. Kasu, and Ron Nicolaus,
same Conference as in Item 6 above, April 1976.
8. "Solar Heating of a Fluid through Radiation Absorbing
Medium at the Focal Plane of a Paraboloidal Concentrator", Y. B.
Safdari, et. al., Solar World Congress, ISES, Brighton, England 1982.
9. "Numerical Solution of Heating a Fluid in Continuous
Motion at the Focal Plane of a Parabolic Collector Through Opaque
and Transparent Materials Verified with Experimental Results", Y.
B. Safdari and J. Khanpara, presented at International Symposium-Workshop
on
Renewable Energy Sources, Lahore, Pakistan, March
18-22, 1983.
10. "Photovoltaic Power for Remote Applications - A
Feasibility Study", Y. B. Safdari & M.A. Burmawi, SOLERAS* Workshop,
New Mexico State University, march 1985.
11. "Grain drying in the Midwest", Y. B. Safdari, Presented
at Symposium on the Solar Energy Applications in Agriculture. Council
of Ministers Scientific Research Council, Solar Energy Research Centre,
Baghdad, Iraq. December 15-18, 1985.
12. "Photovoltaic Power for Remote Applications - Design,
Cost, and Future", Y. B. Safdari, Roger A. Peterson, and Ron Jetton,
Conference Proceedings, Alternative Energy in the Midwest, March
19-20, 1987.
13. "Two-Dimensional Transient Temperature Solution
of Fluid Flowing Through Transparent and Opaque Receiver Tubes at
the Focal Plane of a Parabolic Collector", Y. B. Safdari & J. C.
Khanpara, SOLAR '87 Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Society
and the Solar Energy Society of Canada, July 11-16, 1987.
14. "Demonstration of Photovoltaic Power Source in Remote
Applications", Final Report, Y. B. Safdari, Roger A. Peterson, and
Ron Jetton, submitted to Illinois Department of Energy & Natural
Resources, September 1989.
15. "A Transient Three Dimensional Analysis of Solar
Energy Storage Medium by Finite Element Method", Y. B. Safdari, Jalil
M. Darzy, and Abdalla Elbella, 9th Miami International Congress
on Energy and Environment, December 11-13, 1989.
16. "Photovoltaic Power - A Remote Application - Weather
Station", Co-authors, R.P. Jetton, R. A. Peterson, & Y.B. Safdari,
accepted for publication in the Conference Proceedings for the World
Renewable Energy Congress, Reading, U. K., September 23-28, 1990.
17. "Two Dimensional Transient Analysis for the Solar
Heating of a Fluid by a Partially Radiation Absorbing Medium", Y.
B. Safdari, David A. Witek, and Ahmad Fakheri; presented at ISES
1991 Solar World Congress, Denver, CO., Aug. 17-24, 1991.
18. "Analysis of Failure in a Partially Solar Radiation
Absorbing Medium Due to Thermal Stress", A. Elbella, Y. B. Safdari,
A. Nadgauda, presented at the ASME International Solar Energy Conference
in Hawaii April 4-8, 1992.
19. "A FEM Thermal Analysis on a Novel Designed Air-Gap
Insulated Piston", y. B. Safdari, K. Kumarasekaran, presented at
SAE 1993 International Off-Highway & Powerplant Congress & Exposition,
Sept. 13-15, MECCA, Milwaukee, WI.
20. "Thermal Stress Analysis of a Novel Design Air-Gap
Piston", K. Kumarasekaran & Y. B. Safdari, 45th Earthmoving Industry
Conference, April 12 & 13, 1994, Peoria, IL.
21. "Automatic Three-Facet Solar Concentrator," Y.
B. Safdari, presented at the 7th International Symposium on Solar
Thermal Concentrating Technologies, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 26-30,
1994.
Advisor Master's Theses Advisor
1. Shimpalee, S., " Finite Element Analysis of Heating a non-mixed
Liquid with non-uniform Solar Flux through Semi-transparent Medium.",
Bradley University, 1998.
2. Shidhaye, M., "Data Acquisition System for Solar Thermal
Systems.", Bradley University, 1997.
3. Tusnapuckdi, A., "Energy Analysis by Using DOE-2.1E for
Global Communications Center at Bradley University.", Bradley
University, 1996.
4. Hang, J., "Comparison of DOE-2.1C Generated Residential
Design with that Generated by ASEAM-2 Program", Bradley University,
1989.
5. Witek, D., "Two Dimensional Transient Analysis of a Solar
Heating a Fluid by a Partially Radiation Absorbing Medium", Bradley
University, 1989.
6. Khanpara, J., "Numerical Solution of Heating a Fluid in
Continuous Motion at the Focal Plane of Parabolic Collector Through
Opaque and Transparent Materials Verified with Experimental Results",
Bradley University, 1982.
7. Darzy, J.M., "A Transient Three Dimensional Analysis of
Solar Energy Storage Medium by Finite Element Method", Bradley University,
1982.
8. Cunningham, J.F., "Mathematical Heat Transfer Model for
Solidification of Continuous Case Steel Billets", Bradley University,
1970.
9. Nicolaus, R., "Radiant Heating of a Fluid Through Semi-Transparent,
Opaque,and Composite Walls", Bradley University, 1970.
10. Kasu, A.M.U., "Solar Heating of a Fluid by a Partially Radiation
Absorbing Medium", Bradley University, 1969.
11. Bujalski, L., "Radiation Heating of a Fluid Through Transparent
and Opaque Walls - Experimental Results", Bradley University, 1967.NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
1. Governor, Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA),
Washington, D.C., 1974-79, Founding Father; Awarded Life Membership.
2. Member, Standards Committee, SEIA.
3. Chairman, Process Heat Division, SEIA, 1977-79.STATE ORGANIZATIONS
1. Member, Inter-Universities Energy Organization Comm.,
State of Illinois
2. Member, State of Illinois Solar Energy Panel
a. Member, Education Sub-Panel
b. Member, Active Solar systems, Sub-Panel
c. Data Collector Sub-Panel, Chairman
3. President, Illinois Solar Energy Industries Assoc.,
1977-82EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
1. Captain Volleyball, Engineering College Team, Muslim
University, Aligarh, U.P., India, 1951-52.
2. Member, Editorial Board, Engineering College Magazine,
Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India, 1951-52.
3. Vice President, Engineering College Society, Muslim
University, Aligarh, U.P., India, 1952-53.PATENT
SAFTM Solar Air Collector, U.S. Patent No. 4,019,494.PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1. Member, Sigma Xi
2. Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
3. Member, International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
4. Life Member, Solar Energy Industry Association
5. Member, American Solar Energy SocietyFACULTY ADVISOR
Faculty Advisor, ASME Student Section, Bradley University,
1968-1976.ASME REGIONAL OFFICE
Chairman Relations with College & Universities Committee,
ASME Region VI, 71-72.